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Empty Nests
1:05PM ON
03/31/2009
BY
Matthew Lawrence
When you get a minute and want to be depressed check out Forgotten Providence, a photo blog dedicated to foreclosed homes in the area. It’s pretty neat, albeit depressing when you consider the simultaneous increases in foreclosures and homelessness. There’s an estimated 750 vacant homes in the city–and that’s the mayor’s estimate, so you can bet it’s actually higher than that–and so far 45 of them are on the site.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:17PM
Frymaster Says:
Here’s an interesting if not entirely legal approach to the homelessness/foreclosure situation.
Or there’s the best meme I’ve taken away from the whole Creative Providence thing: Squat-to-Own.
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March 31st, 2009 at 3:07PM
Mark Sawtelle Says:
Thanks for publicizing this site. I hadn’t seen it before, but it’s sure needed.
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March 31st, 2009 at 6:28PM
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